Message From Norm Foster - 2019 Season
Dec 12th, 2018
Norm Foster is just as excited as we are for our 2019 Summer Season!
OFFER ENDS DEC 14 @ 10AM
Our Gift To You This Holiday Season! Single Tickets at Group Price for 48 Hours. Offers ends Dec 14 @ 10AM.
OFFER ENDS DEC 31st
Give the Gift of Laughter this Holiday Season! 1 Pass = 2 Tickets to any single performance in our 2019 Summer Season. Humour with Heart! A heartfelt experience for that special someone on your list.
JUNE 19 to JULY 5, 2019
Norm Foster's 60th play! Full of compassion and Foster's trademark Humour with Heart, The Writer explores the parent child connection with touching clarity as the paternal care-giver becomes the cared for.
JULY 10 to JULY 26, 2019
Set in 1956, this delightful comedy sparkles with unexpected twists and turns as Hilda attempts to corral her family’s foibles. Hilda’s Yard reunites Norm Foster and Artistic Director Patricia Vanstone as Sam and Hilda Fluck. Holy toot! You’re going to love it!
JULY 31 to AUGUST 17, 2019
What would you do if you could hit the re-set button on a stale marriage? Reuniting Norm Foster and composer Steve Thomas - co-creators of audience favourites Jasper Station, Race Day and Sitting Pretty, Beside Myself is a sweet musical examination of love lost and found.
The Foster Festival is the very first theatre festival in Canada celebrating the work of a living Canadian playwright. Norm Foster comedies have been staged around the world for over two decades – we are honoured to be bringing them home to Canadian theatre lovers!
Learn More »The Foster Festival, located in St. Catharines, Ontario just down the road from the Shaw Festival, presents comedy theatre inspired by the work of internationally renowned Canadian playwright Norm Foster.
At The Foster Festival, we showcase the heart and humour of Norm Foster's writing in a dedicated environment, employing the finest Canadian theatre practitioners and bring you everyday stories that are very, very funny, but also deeply meaningful to and reflective of Canadians.
In addition to producing our summer show series, The Foster Festival team is also very active in our community with outreach programs for kids and adults. It's our belief that a little more laughter is good for everyone's health.
Norm Foster is just as excited as we are for our 2019 Summer Season!
The Foster Festival is proud to announce the line-up for the 2019 season, which will once again feature two World Premieres written by Norm Foster, highlighted by the Festival’s first-ever original musical, co-written with long-time collaborator Steve Thomas.
The Foster Festival closes its third season with the world premiere of Renovations for Six, one the funniest and most ingenious plays by Canada’s most produced playwright I have yet seen.
The Foster Festival's 2019 Surprise Subscriptions are now on sale!
On Friday, ahead of the world première of Foster's latest play, Come Down From Up River, St. Catharines Mayor Walter Sendzik presented the acclaimed Canadian playwright with the Key to the City.
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